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A Contextual Psychology Approach to Improving Health Outcomes in the Perinatal Period

Lightcap, April (University of Oregon, 2023-07-06)

The United States holds alarming records for highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the developed world. The US infant mortality rate is on par with many low and middle income countries, and despite the decline in ...
Boredom and the Need for Agency

Kahn, Lauren (University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)

Humans are highly motivated to avoid boredom. What is the functional role of boredom, and why is it so aversive? An empirical study tested the hypothesis that a need for agency, or control over one’s actions and their ...
Foster Youth, Child Abuse, and Head Trauma: Navigating the Treatment Gap for Victims of Abuse-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Foster Care System

O'Connor, Claire (University of Oregon, 2023)

Abuse-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a leading cause of death for children in the United States. Foster youth are particularly vulnerable to abuse and significantly more likely to experience an abuse-related ...
Investigating Dopamine- and Norepinephrine-Linked Variability in Cognitive Control in Lab and in Life

Calcott, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)

A series of experiments investigated the relationship between locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) function and striatal dopamine (DA) tone and the flexibility of stability of cognitive control. Across 4 experiments, ...
Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Mindfulness and Meditation

May, Lisa (University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)

Meditation is a useful construct with which to bridge the divide between physiology and psychology because of its impacts on both physical and mental health. Examining the same construct from different perspectives allows ...
Racial Differences in Advertisement Engagement; Focus on Health-Related Research Studies

Enriquez, Emily (University of Oregon, 2022)

Background: Social media advertisements are often used as a recruitment method for health-related research studies. Most studies under-recruit people from minority populations. Exploring the racial differences behind ...
The Psychology of Socioeconomic Inequality in the United States

Ludwig, Rita (University of Oregon, 2021-11-23)

Effective, evidence-based public policy is of critical importance to address issues of socioeconomic inequality, poverty, and class mobility. Psychological science has a valuable opportunity to inform the development of ...
Towards an Integrative Study of Self

Livingston, Jordan (University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)

The study of self within psychology has been limited in a number of ways. Two sets of empirical studies extended the study of self beyond traditional trait-based self-perception. In the first set of studies, seven hundred ...